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US 5,433,433 AGranted
Flexible sports goal
OwnerRobert S. Armellinventor
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Abstract
A sports goal made of a generally unitary, elongated, flexible wire member formed into a vertically disposed U-shaped portion, bending at a substantially right angle to a horizontally disposed U-shaped portion. A strap can join the bent portions of the wire member to be in a spaced apart relation to one another. A net member can extend from the vertically disposed U-shaped member to the horizontally disposed U-shaped member, forming an open mouth to receive a game playing object therein.
Claims9
A sports goal for receipt of a game playing object, comprising:
- an elongated flexible member forming a vertically disposed U-shaped portion having a rear portion and an open end facing downward and an adjoining horizontally disposed U-shaped portion having an end portion and an open end, said horizontal U-shaped portion having contiguous junctions at its open end contiguous at approximately a right angle to said open end of said vertical U-shaped portion forming a bent member portion at each junction of said vertical and horizontal U-shaped portions, said vertical U-shaped portion having a top portion and an open mouth for receipt of said game playing object, said open end of said vertical U-shaped portion being adjacent to said open end of said horizontal U-shaped portion;
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- means to retain said bent member portions of said vertical and horizontal U-shaped portions in a spaced apart relation to one another.
A sports goal for receipt of a game playing object, comprising:
- a wire having a first end and a second end, said first and second ends joined together to form a generally circular structure having a perimeter, said wire having a first bend and a second bend, said bends disposed in the same direction and positioned opposite one another around said perimeter, each of said bends having an angle of bend of approximately 90 degrees;
- attachment means attached between said first and second bends, said attachment means causing said circular wire to be maintained in an arcuately bowed state in its use mode and forming a first U-shaped member and a second U-shaped member, said first U-shaped member in its use mode being horizontally disposed and said second U-shaped member in its use mode being vertically disposed, said second U-shaped member defining an opening for receipt of said game playing object;
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- a net member attached to said wire structure, said net member extending between said first U-shaped member to said second U-shaped member.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.